Saw this last night and it's action packed...so raw and so real...and that twist in the end omg...also the soundtrack is glorious with all these 80's hits...Blue Monday, 99 Luftballoons, Father Figure, Killer Queen, Personal Jesus etc etc

Just got back from seeing this and it was really enjoyable and good fun. Much stronger than either of the 'John Wick' films I felt, but I put that down to Charlize and James being scene-stealers.

I just LOVE a strong lead action female. With the men, they brood too much for me to properly get on board with them, but it seems women action stars have so much more emotion to them and I find it easier to route for them and connect with them. It wasn't anything particularly surprising or anything (not even the "twist", imo) but it was so wonderfully shot and directed in places. The general style of the film was magnificent and fit the 80's theme too!

I liked this but it's far from one of my favourites of the year. If you like spy thrillers then you'll probably love this because it is a very good one but they're just not really my thing and ultimately I ended up feeling a bit bored.

It definitely has its moments of greatness, James McAvoy is a huge scene-stealer, Sofia Boutella's moments were really nice too, the action was often entertaining (I loved McAvoy vs. Boutella personally but the stairway fight is probably where most of the budget was spent). Plus, it was nice to see Charlize Theron genuinely struggle at times - she obviously wasn't as big or muscly as some of the others so it made sense that she actually got beaten to pieces herself as well and fact she needed to fight intelligently in order to win.

On the other side, the plot is SO ridiculously convoluted that I still don't even really get it thinking about three days later. The double, triple, quadruple agent thing couldn't have been more confusing if they tried which made the ending have very little impact on me. I wasn't all that keen on Theron in the lead role too, I usually love her and became a big fan of how COOL she has been in films like Mad Max, Huntsman and Furious 8 recently but she was pretty wooden here and not very engaging at all - I was much more drawn to both Boutella and McAvoy.

6.5/10 - entertaining at times but just way too confusing and I'm not huge on spy thrillers in general anyway..